The Sun. — London, England, 1864-03-05 00:00:00

The directors of the Continental Bank Corpora tion have made arrangements for opening in April nest a branch in Paris, under the management of M. Gustave Couturier, senior partner of the firm of Messrs. Gustave Couturier and Co., bankers, and have also msde a call of £5 per share, payable on the 25th inst. The National Provincial Marine Insurance Com pany (Limited) have issued their prospectus. With a proposed ultimate capital of £1,000,000 in shares of £25 each, confining themselves to a first issue of £20,000 of the capital stock, £1 paid on application, and £1 10s. per share on the allotment. The direc tors expect that not more than £5 per share will be called up. The speciality of this company is to provide for many of the large shipping towns of the kingdom those advantages of marine insurance which are offered so freely in London, and they ground their prospect of success on the vast increase of shipping entering and leaving the various pro vincial ports, added to the great amount of business which many of the influential gentlemen on the directory can at once bring into the corporation. The company propose to make London their head quarters, and establish branch offices in Liverpool, Bristcl, Hull, &c., in fact, in all the seaports of the kingdom. The colonial wool sales commenced on Thursday, and the fallowing is from H. P. Hughes and Son's circular :—The first series of sales for the present year commenced with a gaol attendance of buyers. The catalogue was rather irregular, and prices may be considered about equal to the average of last sales. The quantities arrived are :—New Soath Wales and Queensland, 9,570; Victoria, 10,780; Tasmania, 396; South Australia, 11,063; New Zealand, 1,080. Total Australasian, 32,889. Cape of Good Hope, 16,341. Total colonial, 49,230. Two O'CLOCK. The Funds, which closed very buoyantly ;;;er day afternoon, have farther improved to the extent of 4 per cent., in consequence of purchases, induced by a much better feeling with regard to money and politics. Console are 91-1- for money and the Bth inst. The New Threes are 894 ; the Reduced, 89a ; Indian 5 per Cents.. 1041 1; do. 6 per Cent. Enfaced Paper, 1044 106; and the Bonds, Bs. die. In the Foreign Market there is a decidedly firmer tone, and business is a little firmer. Turkish 6 per Cents., 1862, are 69 ; do. Consolides, 50:- d ; Mexican have been 44: a ; and are now 43k 440 Greek are 224 23 ; Spanish Passive, 34 ; do. Certificates, 131 141.; Portuguese, 481 4 ; and the Confederate Loan, 46 48. Business in the Railway Share Market has been moderately active, Great Western having improved £1 155.; Lancashire and Yorkshire, and London and Blackwell, 10s.; and Great Northern, ss. ; Great Northern A Stock, however, has declined 10s. ; North Western, and North Eastern (Ber wick), 10s.; and London and Brighton, 15s. In the Foreign and Colonial undertakings there is no material variation. Bank and Miscellaneous shares exhibit little change of importance. Credit Mobilier Shares are quoted 21 prem.; Queensland Sheep, Ito 11 prem.; and Thames Iron Shipbuilding Company, 2i to 21 prem. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. GOYERNMENT FUNDS. 3 per Cent. Consols Ditto Account, March 5 914 it 3 per Cent. Reduced New 3 per Cent Annuities, 30 yrs, expire bth Jan., 1880 — Ditto for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 l4l Ditto 3 per Cent.. 1859 Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 24 & 3 per Cent. 5 dig Ditto £5OO Bank England Stk, 4i per Ct., last hf.-yr 23Bi 9 71 INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. India Stock, 10} per Cent., April 1874.... Ditto Account • • __ _ Ditto 5 per Cent. July, 1570 Ditto Account.... Ditto 4 per Cent., Oct, 1888 — Ditto Enlaced Paper, 4 per Cent .. Ditto 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 .. 1041 6 Ditto 61 per Cent., May, 1879 — Ditto Bonds LI,OOU — Ditto under £1,000.. FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent — Ditto 1859 Brazilian 5 per Cent Ditto, 1839 and 1859 Ditto'4l per Cent., 1852-58-60 Ditto 1863 B7j Ditto Scrip, £55 paid Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent — Ditto Account Ditto 2 per Cent. Ditto Account Ditto Deferred — Cbilian 6 per Cent ... -- Ditto 4} pet Cent. Colombian 6 Scrip £BO pd Danish 3 per Cent., 1825 Equador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent — Egyptian 7 per Cent lOO Ditto, Second Issue Greek 5 per Cent., 1824-5, ex-Coupons — Ditto Account ..._. Ditto Coupons — Ditto Account — Guatemala 5 per Cent. Italian 5 per Cent.(Maremmana Railway) Mexican 3 per Cent Ditto Account 4ll i i 4 a 1 Moorish Imperial 5 per Cent Now Granada New 21 per Cent. Jan. 1894 Peruvian 41 per Cent .. Ditto Account Ditto 3 per Cent. Ditto 41 por Cent., 1862 Ditto Account B6/ i 6 1 Ditto 11 per Cent P iedmontese, 5 per Cent., Ex. 25f — ~o D itto Scrip (1863) £42 B s . 3c1.. paid — pm I .- rtugu ese 3 per Cent., 1853 Onto Account — Ditto 3 per Cent., 1856 '7 '9, '6O, 62,'3 D itto Account RlAFtj an 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St Ditto 41 p er C ent 1850 9O Ditto 5 Sa rd ,, v __ per Cent, 1862 ~ tan o per Cent -L'itto Account Spanish Ditto 3 Ac p er Cent count Ditto Z ferred 524 Ditto ecoevrip_ pia° pavn:Le ............. * Sp li)ni D i tto A C ce4 ert. 4 ' O' f t .... ****************** *********** 35 1 not funded Ditto Account,,.... Turkish 6 per Cent. . igii --- Ditto Account. Ditto 6 per Cent. 1858 - oit to A cco urit o . L .. B ......... .... 6it Ditto £lOO B Ditto 6 per Cent. 18 62 Ditto Account ........... Ditto, £lOO Bonds hitt° Guaranteed, •4 per Cent. Venezuela 3 per Cent. • Ditto Account ..................... Ditto 6 per Cent., 1862 Ditto Account Dividends on the above payable in Load nn, Italian, 5 per Cent., 1861, Ex. 25 francs Ditto Account 664 Peruvian Dollar Bonds, 41 per Ct. Ex. 4s. TWO O 'CLOCK. Consols Money Ditto Account .. MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE, CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. Business in discount circles is decidedly quieter, and first class bills are negotiable a fraction under the Bank rates. Since Monday last the imports of specie have amounted to £530,500, and the exports to £646,800. The bullion operations of the Bank yesterday comprised the influx of £75,000 in bar gold, and the withdrawal of 95,000 sovereigns for exportation to Alexandria via Marseilles. There was a further slight downward movemen in the foreign exchanges yesterday afternoon. It is announced that the share list of the Credit Mobilier (Limited) will be closed on Thursday next, the 10th inst. for London, and on Friday, the 11th inst. for the country. The Alliance Bank of London and Liverpool, having obtained the sanction of the Board of Trade to its proposed change of name, will be henceforth be known and designated as "The Alliance Bank (Limited.)" The coupons of the Atlantic and Great Western Railway (Pennsylvania Division) falling due on the Ist April next will be paid in London, at the Con solidated Bank, at the exchange of 4s. to the dollar. The Federal War Steamer Kearsage, BOULOGNE, MARtEt 4. The Federal war steamer Kearsage left to-day, hhortly after noon ; deotinution unknown. SHARE MARKETS.---This clay, Share( Railways. C Paid. (3.14. Bir., Wol., and Str. Val. Blythe and Tyne. Bristol and Exeter Caledonian ... Cork and Bandon Cornwall., 11 4 nA gets no div Do. B till 6p c.p an.has been paid to B. ! Dublin tt Belfast June. Dun.,Perth o tAb. Junc. Edinburgh & Glasgow., Olasg. and S. Western., , GreatEast , !rn, Ord. stki Ditto A stock Ditto East Anglian et GreatNorthot Scotland 16 rent Northern........ B Si Si 9 83 F 5 120 121 6 7 ORDINARY SHARES AND STOOLS. Closing Business Price. done. 47i / Do A stook Do 13 do 'Gt. S. ant W. of Ireland ;Great Western ..... Do Str Val gua. stock !Lancashire AL Yorkshire !London and Blackwali Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast Lon., Chat., sad Dover Lon. & North Western Lon. & Scr.th Western Man., Shef., AL Lincoln. Maryport and Carlisle Do shares Metropolitan Midland Do New Do Binning. Derby Mid. Gt. W. of Ireland 5 Do. 4 shares .5 Mid Keat ... .0 Do Cray Line ;t North British it Edin., I'erth, & Dundee it INth. Eastern—Berwick 5 Do, G.N.E. purchase it Do Lecds It Do York It Do Carlisle...••• •• • • it ,North London Do New North Staffordshire N. and S. W. Junction Scottish Central Scot N. E., Aber. stock, Do Scot 'Mid. stock.. Shrews. and Welchpool Shropshire Union .... South Devon .. South Eastern South Wales S. York. and River Dun taines, Wok., an d Wok Stockton & Darlington Do Do New, 1866 Taff Vale.. ... ....... Do r g Do C Ulater Do Po Vale of Neath Victoria sta. and Pim Waterford .Ss Kilkenny West Cornwall W. Hartlepool H ar, It West Midland -Oxford Do Newport Do Hereford; BRITISH POSSE, Railways Xtlantio & St Lawrence '6Om. -- ,Barodut.Cent hid Gu. 5 per cent...—. Do. New Do. E. Shares... Buffalo and Labe Huron Do. Preferenoe Buffalo,BrantAGodricl 6 p. et. bds. Aug. 1, Do. do. July 1, 187: Do. do. June 1, 1t , 71 Ulcutta.sz,S. hastn. (LI n Cape Town Dock Scril Eastn. Bengal gu. b p. Last Indian. gu. 5 p. c. Do. do. U Ext Do. do. II do. Grand Trunk of Canada Do. Ist Pref. Bonds.. Do. do. deferred Do. 2d Pref. Bonds.. Do. do. deferred...... Do. 3d Piet stock ... Do. do. deferred...... Do. 4th Pref. stock... Do. do. deferred...... Gt.lndiaPenln.gua.sp.c Do. New gua. 5 Do. January, 1882 .. Gt. South.of In dia (Lim guaranteed 5 per cent. Gt. W. of Canada Share Do. New Do. 6 p.o. '73 with't opt. Do. 5i p. o. do. '77-8.... Indian Branch Limited Naar's guar., 5 p. o. Do. 4} p. o. Extension Dc. 44 d 0........ _ . Do. Fifth Extension. Sielb.Corp. a p. 0. Bnds. Nielb. & Hobson's Bay. Do. 7 p. e. Mortg. Bds. Newlir answick Candi* Class A and B . N.Rl.C'dao po Ist pt bds Sobide ........ ) Do. Delhi do • •••• Do. PULIjAIIb Do. Do. ........ Do. Indus. St. Flo. 2 all 1 100 100 Paid. all 100 36 38 16 17 941 951 107 109 47 48 47 49 7 B 126 128 128 130 1:42 134 95 97 621 631 I(9k 1092 6J 71 10 104 3) 41 1071 108 i 99 100 51 52 1074 7,054 126 Ik6j, V 6 9i 631 1 64i 24 t 6 1011 102 Sri 57 891 00} 12! 127 1 2 p 774 781 1e ill 123 126 4t 44 93 100 634 641 34 86 901 el 100 102 Si i 37 38 9 10 o 7 8 I, 163 15 5 6 i• 3 36 p 91 91 STUNS. Closing Price. 59 if 103/ 101, P 2 P P P 51 5/ 72 82 101 (03 103 105 105} 1061 1(4 105 # P t 19} 20i 73 /s 57 61 66 64 50 53 49 51 33 t 2 26 28 22 t 5 103} 1041 P 103 104 9i 10 11 10ir; 92 94 85 87 P In 102 i 103 97 OD v 2 96 55 58 3 5 82 S 4 103 101 1021 103} * IP 102 i 103 j, 98 10) T SEC U RULES 101 103 100 102 09 101 80 01 89 01 106 108 108 110 110 112 108 109 111 111 /Q 1 108 ICB 110 101 103 99 99 99 108 101121 89 90 19.16.4 k;uLONIAL GOVERNMEN ‘t,.n.Gov. p.o.J a &Jul) 1877-81 Aug. Do. p p . c. Mar. & Sept. Do. 8 p. c. Jan.&J uly. Do. 5 Inscribed stock Cape G.llope, d p 0,1873 Do.Ap &Oct. 1880 Do. 1810( Do. Jan. & July, 1891 Ceylon, N0v.1878, 6 p Mauritius 6 per cent Natal Gov. 6 per cant N.13.G0v. 6 p.a.) a.&J ul) Do. 6p. c.Ap. & Oct. N. S.W. Gov. 6 p 1,184 A Du. 6 p. c.,lBti to 11:7t Do. d0.,1888 &upwdi .New Zealand 6 p cent. Nova Scotia Gov. 6 p. c sterling, 1875 Queensland Gcv. 6 p. C S. Aus G6p.c.1878.& up Nric.Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.&J al) 'Do. to 6 v.o. BRITISH Cambrian eonsol. Gold ulitiord Amalgamated Devcn G. Cons. (Tavist ) East Bassett (Mogan)" East Clogau Gold Ltd. East Caradon ...... East Carn Brea... E. WI Russel (Tav'stk.) IGam.iftSt.Aubyn(Gwen Great South Tolgus I G. Wheal Vor (1Ielstou) ;Grenville .. fierA's-Foot ilingeton Downs Lady Bertha Margaret (Uny Lelant arke Valley.. • Myndy Iron Ore (Lim.) New Setun North Downs Basset (Illo;an 'orth Wheal Crofty Par Consols (St. Blaze) Providence (tiny ',chit.) South Caradon(St.Cleer, S. Cara Brea (Illogan) F.Wheal Fran. (Illog - an) Stray Park rarnar Silv.dt Lead Min Pin Croft West Basset (Illogan) W Cr radon (Llokeard) West Eaton Wheal Basset (Illogan) Wheal Buller (Redruth) Wheal Kitty (G.Lelant) I WhealLudeott Wheal Mary Ann (Men ) Wheal leton Wheal Treiawney Wheal Union 44 46 440 460 20 24 11 12 21 23 83 86 185 195 87} 94 3t 37 2/ 3 131 14a 175 185 2 2} 2.0.6 3.0. S 8 58i 7 3.17 PREFERENCE SHARES. Great Eastern, E. Anglian, 5 per cent. A stock, 1055 Lancashire and Yorkshire 8 per oent. stock. 136 Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 6 per cent., Ditto, .£6, 45 Mid. Consolidated, 6 per cent. stock, Ditto, Bristol and Birm., 6 per cent., 1365 Ditto 46 per cent., irred.. 'o3i Midland, Leicester and Ilitchin 4 per ot., 921 PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCK& Kent Coast, 6 per cent. pref. B, North British ():din., Perth, and Dundee) 4 per cent., Sol FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Antwerp and Rotterdam, 9 Great Luxembourg, 1( a I Namur and Liege gua. 141, per annum, 81 Recife and San Francisca gua. 7 per cent., 17f Ban Paulo (lien.), gua. 7 per cent., Ditto (all), 211 1 South Austrian add Lombardo Venetian, 20i FOREIGN MINES. Kapunda (lim.), 11 if Yudanaenutana of S. Australia, lim., 3_21 3} OIN T-STOC K BANKS. Agra and United Service (urn.), 1211 &111111.1 CC Bank of Lona= and Liverpool (Urn.), 48 Ditto, new, 33 Anglo Austrian, ti Australasia, 77t Bank of ~tago, Um., 4 Bank 01 Queensland (lira), 144 Brazilian and Portuguese, lira., 84 British North American. 494 Chartered Bank of British Columbia, 12 Chartered Bank of India, Australia, and China. 45 Chartered aler. of India, London, and China, 674 Imperial Ottoman, lBr London, Buenos Ayres, and River Plate, 62 Ditto, new, 5} London, Birm , and S. Staffordshire, lira., 124 London Chartered Bank of Australia, 25! 64 London and Comity, 156* London Joint Stock, -101 14 London and South-Western (Urn.), 14 b London and Westminster, 804 80 Oriental Harm Corporation. 63,4 Scinde, l'unjaub, and Delhi, lira., 74 Ditto, new, 7 Union of London, 474 DOCKS. East and West India, 141 London, 72 3 MISCELLANEOUS. Australian Agricultural, 10 Australian Mort. Land and Finance, I'm., 2j I British Indian Tea, lira., 51 Contract Corporation. lim., 6_} Crystal Palace, 31 Crystal Palace, 0 per cent. perpetl. deb. 114 Egyptian Commercial aud Trading, lim., 41 Gen. Credit and Finance of London, lim., Hudson's Bay, 1t IS International Financial Society, 121 I Intereolouial Royal Mail Steam, 11m., Ditto, new, bi Italian Irrigation (Canal Cavour). 31 Land Securities, lim., 4/ London Financial Association, Um., 251 London General Omnibus Company, 21 London Mercantile Discount, bin., 61 London Prvincial Marine, Nat n ional Dioscount CompanY , 141 2 "" Nerbuticia Coll and Iron, 51 outh Peninsula and Oriental Steam,,.l Ditt 4910, new A [limn ' Mo . rtgage and Investm ent, 5 1 Thames and Mtreey Marine (Insuranc e), hat 61 110 9Z 70 1021 lon i I ICB. 8 1261 Business done 100 100 100 100 100 MI 111 10t i d 301 30 d 31 a 63 670 680 65 70 1.14.0 3.1.0 8.9.0 (5.16. t 8.12 4. 8.0 2.8 o 430 191 zi 3.1.0 2.6.9 10.6.7 18.1R.9 30.17.6 THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, MARCH 5, 1864. SUBMARINE TELEGRAPHIC COMPANY, The ordinary half-yearly meeting was held yes terday at the London Tavern—Sir I. Carmichael in the chair. The report states that the receipts for the past half-year, derived from 185,380 messages, amount to £25,184 Is. 23-d.; for the half-year ending 30th June, 1863, from 160,404 messages, £22,144 2s. Bd.; and for the half-year ending 31st December, 1862, from 172,881 messages, £23,427 ss. 60. Since the last meeting of shareholders a considers able reduction has been made by the different administrations in Germany in their internal tariff, which, it is expected, will cantle a still further in crease in the traffic. Owing to the prevalence of the unusually tempestuous weather during the autumn of last year several of the cables suffered, unfortunately, considerable damage, and have burdened the revenue with much larger expenditure than usual for repairs. Notwithstanding, however, this additional outlay, the directors are enabled to recommend a dividend at the rate of 4 per cent. per annum, although the capital has been largely in creased by the issue of the new stock ; to add the sum of 1:2,518 Bs. 2d., being 10 per cent. on the receipts, to the reserve fund (which will then amount to £6,441 75.); and to carry over £774 13s. 9id. to the next account. After referring to the death of Mr. Brett, the directors announce Mr. J. Stuart Wortley and Mr. H. Moor, M.P., as candidates for the two vacant seats at the board. They also mention the resignation of Mr. Courtenay, the late secretary, and the appointment of Mr. Clare as his successor. The CHAIRMAN congratulated the proprietors on a very steady and satisfactory increase in the business of the company since the previous meeting, and that increase was going on still at the rate of £lOO a week as compared with the corresponding period of last year, notwithstanding the stoppage of two of the cables, viz., the Emden cable and the Danish cable, the latter in consequence of the war. The Emden cable was in course of repair, and an arrangement was in progress to allow the Danish cable to work for commercial purposes only. The repairs during the past half year had been unusually heavy, owing to the tempestuous weather, but the charge for repairs included four miles of new cable which had been placed into the Ostend line. He congratulated the meeting that they had had at last a bonajide reserve fund invested in North-Eastern debentures. If the present accounts were affirmed that reserve would amount to £6,500. He spoke with regret of the death of Mr. Brett, who might be called the father of submarine telegraphing. In 1845 Mr. Brett proposed to connect Belgium with this country by a submarine cable, but the project was then laughed at ; bat so rapid had been the progress of submarine telegraphy since that there was every reason to believe that next year—that would be 20 years after Mr. Brett's first proposal as to Belgium had been made—telegraphic communication would be carried out between this country and the United States. After further alluding to the retirement of Mr. Courtenay, the late secretary, who had accepted a Government appointment in connection with the Indian system of telegraphy, he concluded by moving the adoption of the report. In reply to a question, The SECRETARY stated that in the action brought by the company against the owners of a Swedish vessel for injuring the cable between Dover and Calais, it was decided by the judges that the com pany had a perfect right to lay their cables at the bottom of the sea, and that vessels injuring them were liable. Whether or not the parties had in this case wilfully or negligently injured the cable had not yet been decided. The damage done to the cable was about £l,OOO. The CHAIRMAN added that the principal object the board had in bringing the action was to show that the company had property at the bottom of the sea, which was not to be injured without the parties inflicting the injury rendering themselves liable for the damage. After some questions as to minor details of the accounts, which were satisfactorily replied to, the resolution was agreed to unanimously. The dividend at the rate of 4 per cent., payable on and after the 12th of March, was also agreed to. The Right Hen. J. Stuart Wortley, and Mr. H. Moor, M.P., were elected directors. Mr. BRAITHWAITE moved that the directors' re. muneration Fe increased from £5OO to £l,OOO a year. It was stated that the directors received £350 a year for managing the French company. After a brief discussion the motion was carried. A vote of thanks to the chairman and directors concluded the proceedings. MARKETS—This Day. COVENT GARDEN. Increased supplies of vegetables are on sale here to-day, but the show of fruit is very moderate. Most descriptions of produce are in fair avorage request, and prices rule firm, as fellows : FRUIT. d. e. d. Pine apples 8 0 to 10 0 Colonial do., each 0 0 to 0 0 Grapes,per lb 1 6 to 2 Foreign do 0 0 to 0 0 Melons 0 Oto 0 0' Nectarines, per dz 0 0 to 0 0 Apples, per hi-sv. 2 4, to 4 0 Pears, per do Oranges, per 100..3 6 to 8 0 Lemons, per 100 3 6 to 7 0 Gooseberries hi Bye° 0 to 0 0 Strawberries pr pt 0 0 to 0 0 5. d. e d Mulberries,prpt..o oto 0 0 Cherries, per lb. 0 oto 0 0 Foreign ditto, puno oto 0 0 Filberts, per lb 1 3to 1 6 Walnuts, per 100 1 oto 2 0 Cobnuts, per lb 0 oto 0 0 Almonds, per bus 0 oto 0 0 Figs, per doz. 0 oto 0 0 Peaches.. Currants, per Lev 0 oto 0 0 Plums, per du. Greengages, pr do.o oto 0 0 VEGETABLES. Greens, dz bunch 6 0 to 7 0 Cabbages, pr doz. 1 0 to 1 9 lttd ditto 0 0 so 0 0 Savoy do., pr dz 0 10 to 1 9 Cauliflowers, p dz 1 0 to 2 6 Brocoli, per bus. 0 8 to 1 0 Potatoes, per ton 60 0 to 95 0 New ditto, pr pt 0 to 0 0 Turnips, dz bunch 3 6 CO 4 6 Carrots, pr do 4 6 to 5 6 Cucumbers 0 0 to 0 0 Garlic, per lb Sorrel, per sieve 0 0 to 0 0 Green peas,h.-sv. 0 0 to 0 0 French beans,h.s. 0 0 to 0 0 Onions, doz. bn 1 6 to 2 6 New Do., dz bun 0 0 to 0 0 Spinach 0 0 to 0 0 Brussels sprouts 0 0 so 0 ; Shallots, per lb .. 0 oto 0 0 Horseradish, pdn 1 oto 2 6 I Parsley, per ditto 0 oto 0 0 Celery, per ditto 1 oto 1 9 Beet, per doz. .. 0 oto 0 0 Parsnips, per do. 0 oto 0 0 Small salad, p. pn, 0 oto 0 Mushroom/3,p ptl. 0 9to 1 3 Artichokes, each 0 oto 0 0 Cos lett, score .. 0 oto 0 0 ) Mint and savory-0 oto 0 0 Endive, per score 0 oto 0 0 ) Radishes, dz hnds 0 oto 0 0 ' Tomatoes, doz... 0 oto 0 0 Chillies, per ditto 0 oto 0 0 Capsicums, per do 0 oto 0 0 Rhubarb, per bun 0 9to 1 6 Asparagus, pr do. 0 oto 0 0 Seakale, per bun. 1 3to 2 0 POULTRY. Turkeys, 48 Od to Sa Od ; geese, 68 Od to Os Od each ; goslings, 5s to 7s Od ; ducks, 2s 6d to 2s 9d ; ducklings, 3s Od to 48 Od; rabbits, is Od to 2s Od each; wild do., lid to is 2d ; pigeons, Os 6d to is Od each; Surrey fowls, 108 Od to 14s Od ; chickens, 7s Od to 108 Od; barn-door fowls, 3s Od to 6s Od ; capons, Os Od ; hares, 3s 6d to 4s Od ; ptarmigan, Os Od to Os each ; pheasants, Os Od to Os Od ; partridges, Os Od to Os Od ; woodcocks, 38 to Os Od; snipes, Os to Os 9d; teal, Is 3d to Os Od ; wild ducks, 2s Od to 2s 6d ; widgeons, is 3d to Is 6d ; plovers, is Od to is 3d each ; guinea fowls, Os Od to Os Od ; roasting pigs, Os Od to Os Od each; Ostend fresh butter, Oa lld to is 2d ; English, is 2d to is 4d per lb ; English eggs, 7s 6d to 10s Od ; French do., 5s Od to 88 Od per 100 ; leverets, Os Od to Os Od ;. grouse, Os Od to Os Od. BILLINGSGATE. Salmon, is Gd to is 9d ; trout, Od to Os ; eels, 5d to 10d ; prawns, Os; pike, skate, sturgeon, and halibut, Gd per lb. ; turbots, 4s Od to 15s ; cod, 530 d to 12s Od ; brills, 23 Od to Gs Od ; doreys, 58 Od to 53 Gd ; mullets, Os 6d to is Gd ; lobsters, is to 38 Gd; crabs, is to 3s Od ; plaice and garnets, Od to Os Od each; soles, 4d to 2s Gd per pair; common oysters, 18s to 248 ; natives, 65s to 70s per bushel ; whitings, 2s Od to ss; haddocks, 6s to 12s ; smelts, Os Od to Os Od; flounders, Os Od per dozen; mackerel, Os per 100 ; fresh herrings, 7s to 8s per 100; bloaters, Os to Os per 100; carp and tench, Os Od to Os per brace. NEWPORT. Beef, from 3s 4d to 4s 4d , mutton, 3s 10d to 4s 8d ; lamb, Os Od to Os Od; veal, 4s Od to 4s 8d ; and pork, 3s 8d to 4s 6d per 81bs, by the carcase. WHITECHATEL. Beef, from 3s 4d to 4s 2d; mutton, 36 8d to 4s 8d; Teal, 4s Od to 4s 8d; and pork, 33 4d to 4s Gd per Blbs by the carcase, BREAD. Tho prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis are from id to id , of household do., 5d to 6d per 41b loaf. HIDES AND SKINS. Market hides, 561 b to 641 b, 2!d to 3d ; 641 b to 721 b, 3d to 34d ; 721 b to 801 b, 3d to 31d ; 801 b to 881 b, 31d to 4d ; 881 b to 961 b, 31d to 41d ; 961 b to 1041 b, 4d to 424 ; 1041 b to 1121 b, —d to —d. Horse hides 9s 6d to Ils Od ; calf skins, light, 2s 6d to 4s Od ; full, 7s 01 to Os Od ; polled sheep, 11s Od to 14s Od ; half-breds, 10s Od to 12s Od ; Downs, 8s Od to 9s 9d; lambs, Os Od to Os Od; shwa lings, is 8d to Os Od. At the Royal United Service Institution yester day a highly interesting lecture was delivered by Lieut. A. H. Gilmore, R.N., upon the application of electric telegraphy to the steering and general management of a man of war. The lecturer stated that it was now seven years since his late brother directed attention to the subject, and proposed an apparatus for the purpose to the Admiralty, which had then be tried with perfect success on hoard some vessels of small size. The same system has recently been accepted by the Admiralty, and is now in use, with certain improvements, on board the Resist ance, the Hector, Pence Consort, Orlando, Orontes, and the Queen's yacht, the Victoria and Albert, having been first adopted in that ship on the occa sion of her voyage to bring the Princess of wales to England. The great value of a system of per fect communication throughout any ship must be evidence, as it is from the want of this that so many accidents happen. Ships come into fatal collision in fogs and dark nights before it is possible to alter the course by word of command. The man at the look-out has first to give his signal, and this is taken up by the next man, and so the word is carried, often in a gale of wind, throughout several men, to the steersman, who possibly gets an imperfect, or even a directly contrary order, while, if he gets the right one, it is often too late. Many hairbreadth escapes in this way are commonly to be heard re lated by seamen, and no doubt small craft are some times run down which might have been avoided had it been possible for the man at the helm to act with sufficient promptitude. The apparatus appears to be extremely simple, and it is only surprising, now that we are shown it, that it was not adopted long ago. Thero is in front of the wheel at which the helmsman is stationed, a neat stand, somewhat like a sun-dial stand, with an upright dial-plate, upon which works a hand or indicator, and this plate is made transparent at night by a lamp. When the ship is steering " steady," the hand is vertical, or at rest, by its own gravity, chiefly, , and points to the word " steady ;" when the course is signalled to "port" or "starboard" the hand moves to the left or right hand, as required by the officer in command, who of course directs the key-handle upon a similar dial-plate before him. But by an in genious contrivance a sharpsounding gong isstruck with every signal, so that the man's attention is called to the dial-plate before him. If he is ordered to steer so many spokes of the wheel to port or starboard, the officer gives three or any other num ber of strokes upon his dial, and the gong sounds at the same time. If the order " hard down" or " hard up" helm is to be given, it is only necessary to repeat the strokes rapidly. Mr. Gilmore showed the apparatus in action, and it worked in the most exact and unmistakeable manner. For ships of war and especially the cupola ships, it would seem to be quite an indispensable means of working them effi ciently, as orders may be sent about the ship with accuracy under any circumstances, and with a rapidity quite impossible in the noise either of a storm or a battle. Mr. Gilmore purposes to have a kind of table with several dial-plates upon it, each of which is in communication with a certain part of the ship, as the fighting quarters, the engine room, the cupolas, and so on ; this would be placed in the captain's pilot-house on deck, and thus the necessary orders to fight the ship by manoeuvring in any way to the magazines and to the broadside guns, pre pare to fire, to change or revolve cupolas for the other tack, and in case of attacking as a ram, to charge or to back off as needed. The immense ad vantages of all this need not be dwelt upon, but the lecturer pointed out especially that in modern war fare by steam it would be of greet importance to be able to manceuvre the ship rapidly, and to fire in- atantaneously at a ship moving with high speed, The double screw propellers which are now coming into use would net, he thought, be fully available without this method of conveying orders inatanta- neously. As to the ease with which sailors would learn the meaning of the signals and the working of the system, Lieutenant Gilmore felt quite sure that there was less difficulty in this method of steering than in the old one of steering by the compass. HAY MARKZTS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, £3 Os to .£1 10s Od ; clover, £4 Os to £5 108 0(1; and straw, £1 2s to £1 10s per load. Trade dull. CUMBERLAND..—Mcaiow hay, £3 Os to £4 8s Od ; clover, £1 Os to £5 10s Od ; and straw, £1 2s to £1 lOs por load. A slow sale. WHITECHAPEL —Meadow hay, £3 Os to £4 5s ; clover, £4 Os to £5 10s Od ; and straw, £1 2s to £1 10s per load. Trade somewhat heavy. COAL MARKET. prtoes of Coal per To at the dole of the market. e. a. d • Lambert's West Hart ley... 14 G Wylam 17 0 Cowpen Hartley 14 9 West Hartley 15 0 Holywell 17 0 Walls End. Haswell . .18 6 South llartlepool... ..17 3 Tritudon Hartlepool...lB 3 lielloe ... .17 6 South Kelloe 17 6 Heugh Hall 17 6 Riddell Hartlepool lB 3 Harlon 1 , 5 6 Walls End. _ lietton 18 South lietton lB C Ciosforth l5 6 Shine at market t, 40 ; Sold, 25. Steering Ships by Telegraph, FRENCH LITERATURE, STATE OF TRADE, MANCHESTER, March 4.—The market for export yarns is again depressed, with very little business offering for any quarter. Offers at low prices have been made, but spinners cannot be brought to make up their minds to accept them. This branch of the market closes very flat, with a tendency to lower prices. In home trade yarns we have also had a very flat market, and prices show a tendency to a f ur ther decline. The immediat e c ause is said to be the feeling of uneasiness arising out of the present state of European politics; but at the same time it may be mentioned that a telegram from Bombay to the 13th ult. reports that cotton had undergone - a considerable decline. The import but without any noticeable c h arge i n p r ices. The fear of impending difficultie s i n co nnexion with market was dull, continental affairs has affected th e c l o th ma rket quite as unfavourably as the yarn market. The cases are few and solitary in which any offers to purchase have been made, and these only under circumstances which would necessitate a concession on current and foreign account, seems to incline them against en tering into any operations of magnitude, and the business of the day has been of the most trivial cha racter. As there is no pressure of stock, manufac turers are not disposed to force their goods on the market, and we have consequently the same nomi nal quotations as on Tuesday, th)ugh to effect sales lower prices would have to be taken. Where there is any pressure to sell (and there are always parties more or less influenced by a desire to realise) both spinners and manufacture rs h ave to t a k e ra th er lower rates than they would have accepted last week. BRADFORD, 3d.—Some little tone was given to the market to•day by the accounts received from the Bristol fair, the quotations at which are usually re garded as an index at this season of their generill character between this and the time of the clip. Private messages received report wool as command ing high prim. Many Bradford woolstaplers are absent from that market. Very little long wool was at prices in advance of those o b ta i ned here. Down offering, and such as there was Was readily bought wether wools are rather more plentiful in this market. There was a fair business done in all kinds of wool, end prices were rather harder than last week. The yarn branch did not participate in the improvement seekinga trifl e i n x g p e a r d i e v n a c n e c d o t m o cvvo°veir. Spinners were the higher rates , With slight ex ceptions, e f , or th t e he b r u a y w er e m e a u t l e d rial do ; f b u u li t y as well as last week. The single yarn trade was rather slazker t w h e a r n e i tp placed d b ; e en. but was extremely 40'a for Russia S t h o e m e 3 orders tra ci fo e r quiet. The demand for twofolds was still active, and there was considerable inquiry for corded yarns. In pieces, fancy manufacturers were generally busy ; but plain goods makers were slack. Prices were firm. CARDIFF, 3d.—There is a large business doing in steam coal, the merchants being full of orders, and quotations w e ll ma i n t a ined. Considerable difficulty is still experi ence d w ith the men, and th e irregu larity with whi c h th e y work causes many vessels to be on demurrage. House coal is in active demand, and the collieries are well employed. The iron masters have not received many orders of late, and prices are hardly so firm as was the case a month ago. There has been no actual decline in quota tions, but unless the spring requirements should be large it would not be surprising if a fall of from 2s. 6d. to ss. per ton took place. Preparations are being mada for laying down several iron ships at the local shipbuilding yards, and this branch of trade is likely to become an important one before long, NOTTINGUAM, 4th.—There was a fair attendance of merchants and manufacturers at this Exchange hall to-day. A moderato business was done in lac• yarns, and late rates were well supported. The inquiry for hosiery yarns was slow at late prices. Silks maintain their value. The demand for brown nets was limited at unaltered rates. THE DUKE OF ARGYLE is said to have written the article on Ronan's "Vie do J6sus" in tho ,North British Review, On Thursday evening last Monsieur Bourgeois delivered, at the Ladies' College, Kensington-square, Kensington, the first of a series of lectures on French literature. The lecturer chose for his subject the works of La Fontaine. He was induced to make this choice, he said, because of all the French writers, La Fontaine was the best known to the English student of French, and amongst his own countrymen he was one of the most popular authors. "In France," said M. Bourgeois, "La Fontaine is the milk of our infancy, the bread of our manhood, and the last substantial food of our old age. As children we lisp his fables, and, whe❑ we become fathers, we delight in teaching our children to recite them too." La Fontaine was born in the beginning of the 17th century, and belongs to that period of French history known as iegrand His father was Commissioner of Woods and Forests, which post he resigned in favour of his son, when at the age of 26, the young La Fontaine married. His was not a precocius genius, for ho was past twenty before he became conscious of possessing any poetical talent. It was hearing Malherbe's ode on the death of Henry IV. read that seemed to kindle up the latent fire of genius that smouldered within him. He expressed an exctatic delight, re peated the poem again and again, and recognising the sympathetic chord that vibrated within his bosom, he felt that he too was a - poct. He immedi ately commenced to study, and, happily for himself, rejecting the false taste that regarded versified wit as the expression of true poetic genius, ho turned to the study of the philosophers and poets of Greece and Rome. He studied Virgil and Horace assi duously, and in the works of Plato he found much of that practical philosophy which he afterwards embodied in his fables. The versatile spirit of the poet-student required variety, and he alternated these serious studies with the lighter strains of Bocaccio and Ariosto. The young poet was fortu nate in obtaining the patronage of Foaquet, the celebrated Superintendent of Finances under Louis AIV. Mons. Bourgeois divided La Fontaine's poetical career into two parts—the first closing with the dis grace of Fouquet, the second extending from that event to the end of his life. La Fontaine's muse having found inspiration in all the great events of the period, the lecturer profited by the circumstance to make his poeras serve as a history of the times. Ho sung the charms of the Chateau do Vaux, the delightful residence embellished by Fouquet at the expense of a million and a half sterling. The peace of the Pyrenees, the marriage of Louis XIV. with Maria Theresa of Spain, the nuptials of the King's brother with Henrietta of England—all these events, not forgetting the mournful disgrace of Fouquet, served to bring forward the great per sonages of the day—Mazarin, Colbert, Scarron and his wife, and the artists and literary men who formed the brightest ornaments of the reign of Louis XIV. The Schleswig Deputation to the King of Prussia,---Reply of the King, BERLIN, 'Wednesday. The following is the full test of the address pro seated by the Schleswig deputation to the King of Prussia on the 23d ult., together with his Majesty's reply : " Most illustrious and mighty King ! Most gra. cious King and lord !—We, iuhabitantsof thel)uchy of Schleswig, as representatives of the gentry, the possessors of large estates, the small landholders, and the towns, respectfully approach your Majesty to testify at the foot of the throne to the thankful feelings animating the inhabitants of that Duchy towards the protector of their rights. "A long period of severe trials lies behind us. A foreign people attempted to violate our right, to deprive us of the language and customs of our fore fathers, even to misuse the Church for destructive political aims. "By the will of Almighty God the hour of re lease has sounded. Every tie which hitherto bound us to Denmark is severed by the death of the last Prince of the elder line of our ruling house; every rightful pretest for the foreign dominion attempted to be imposed upon us has therewith disappeared. "But at this important moment we had nu further arms than the consciousness of our good right an d reliance upon the assistance which the Princes of ' Germany would not refuse. Our hope has not been in vain. In conjunction with the forces of his Ma jesty the Emperor of Austria your Majesty's re nowned army has already shed much blood for the freedom of the Duchy of Schleswig. In accom plishing this task it has had to contend with great obstacles arising from the season, and has endured severe hardships with constancy and valour, which fill us with admiration. Our country blesses the resolution, ripened into fact by your Majesty's powerful will, namely, the delivery now in pro gress of the Duchy of Schleswig from Danish oppression; and that wo will pray to God that he will permit victory and fame still to attend your arms. "Most gracious King!—We are now compelled frankly to inform your Majerty as our most heart- Pelt conviction ; "That the Schleswigers declare it to be the right of their country tcy form an independent state, in unison with the twin country of Holstein, governed by the male line of Oluenburgh, according to priority of birth. Acting hereupon, we can only recognise Duke Frederick, of the House of Schles wig-Holstein Sonderburg-Augustenberg as our sole rightful sovereign, as in fact has been already unanimously pronounced by the popular voice in all parts of the country. "We cling the more firmly to tho right of our duke, seeing therein the only moans of at once and completely freeing ourselves from connection with Denmark, and thereby alone preventing all further interruptions to peace. We can assure your Ma jesty !hat in these expressions we clearly represent the feelings of the quiet and well disposed popula tion of the country, as far - removed from anarchical and violent attempts as penetrated with a sense of their good right. 4 , We trust firmly in the wisdom of your allied Majesties not to allow the successes achieved by the deaths of so many brave soldiers, with those yet to be attained, to go down to history without obtain ing the above result—the only result, indeed, com patible with the right of the country. "Most gracious King,—Wo should return to our homes with joy, carrying inextinguishable grati tude in our hearts if we could bring to our country men the happy assurance that your Majesty will in this manner protect the rights of our country, and thereby establish her independence." (The signatures follow.) The King gave the following reply : "I willingly receive at your hands the expression of the feeling with which the inhabitants of the Duchy of Schleswig have greeted my troops and their brave Austrian companions in arms. Thanks for the rapid successes which they have achieved belong to the Almighty God of Battles. . . " Yon are right to perceive in the resolution taken by me, in conjunction with the Emperor of Austria, the proof of our warm sympathy for the fate of the Duchies narrowly connected by such various ties. It is our firm determination to gain guarantees by which the rights and interests of the Duchies shall be for the future secured. We hope to attain the object of our" endeavours, whatever may be the decision upon the dynastic question touched upon in your Address. The nature of the circumstances shows that this decision cannot be taken without negociation with the Diet and the European Powers, and I cannot anticipate the re sult by one-sided action in either direction. " You may be firmly convinced that the trials of which you complain shall not return, if God still continues to bless our councils and our arms. Retain this conviction, and by a quiet and conside rate attitude render easier to myself and my like minded ally the attainment of the object which, with God's help, shall secure to the Dallies a happy future." WILLTAM HUNT, the Water Colourist (remarks the Saturday Review very happily), has been unsurpassed amongst our artists in one of the noblest functions of art—• that of exalting lowliness and giving a greatness to little thingE, SHERIFFS' COURT. (Before Mr. Sergeant Wheeler.) FIELD V. BISHOP. This was an action to recover Gs 3d for work done, and defendant admitted owing 4s 7d. His Honour—So there is only a differenoo of 8d bolween you Defendant's witness—That is all. Plaintiff, a young fewala, said sho had taken some pieces of work from defendant, and agreed to do them Cur ad per dozen, although lld was the usual price. After she had finished them she took them home, and then complaints were made. His Honour—What were those complaints ? Plaintiff—That the work was badly done. It is customary to complain of work. I offered to alter the work if I was paid a better price, but defendant refused to allow me to do so, saying she should give them to another hand, and charge me with the expense. The work was accepted. Thiendant's witness said that the work was so badly done that it could not be put in stock. She had a pattern from which to work. The forewoman stated that plaintiff had agreed to do the work for 9s per dozen. When she brought it home, it could not be passed. Plaintiff thereupon refused to alter it unless she was paid the extra 2s per dozen. His Honour—What was tho work ? Forewoman—Sunshades. Ills Honour—What do they sell for? Forewoman—They have not been sold yet. Honour—You know what I mean. What is the selling price ? Forewoman-11s Gd each. His Honour—The sunshades sell for lls 6,1 oach, and you give 9d each for making. Why, it is almost as bad as mak ing shirts at ono penny each. You have put them in stock F Forewoman—Yes, but wa had to pay 8d for altering, too. Plaintiff—At first I was only offered 2s 3d. His Honour (to the forewoman) —lt appears that you have not paid her anything yet. I think the plaintiff is fully outitled to recover the money, and I shall award her the full sum claimed with costs. (Applause.) Verdict for plaintiff. POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. A DARINO AND IMPUDENT TILIEF.—John Dillon, a tall shabbily-dressed man, was charged before Mr. Knox with stealing at 22, Old Compton-street, a number of coloured woollen shirts of the value of £5, the property of Mr. Charles Harris, hosier, Mr. Harris has two shops in Old Compton-street, exactly opposite each other, numbered 22 and 30. He attends to No. 22, and an assistant named Wall to the other. About 8 o'clock in the evening Wall saw the prisoner endeavouring to got some shirts from the door of No. 30, but failing in doing so, ho crossed over to No. 22 and untied the fasten ing of some white shirts. Being interrupted, the prisoner afterwards seized a bundle of coloured woollen shirts of the value of I:3, and then made off, but was pursued by Wall and taken back the shop with the shirts under his arm, and then given into custody. Sergeant Gordon, 9 C, proved taking the prisoner into custody, and that the prisoner told him that he had been 12 years in the army, and was not going to starve while there were plenty of things to be had. Ho had seen the prisoner at the Clerkenwell Sessions, and believed ho had been convicted. He had ascertained that the prisoner, who had refused his address, had boon lodging at a lodging house with a number of thieves in Church-street, St. Giles. Mr. Knox remanded the prisoner. LAW INTELLIGENCE.—(This Day.) COURT OF DIVORCE, (Before the Judge -Ordinary and a Common Jury.) HALL v. HALL AND StALL. This was a suit instituted by the husband, an auc tioneer, residing at Banbury, against his wife, by reason of her adultery with the co-respondent, a nephew of the petitioner. The marriage took place in 15 3, and they resided hap pily together at Banbury till 161;3.The co-respondent, a young farmer, residing at Stockton, near Banbury, was on vtay intimate and visiting terms with h ; s uncle, the petitioner. Since that time he had sold off his stock and his farm, having also a sum of £l,OOO which hud been lefthizu by will, with the intention of proceeding to Australia, ho being a taarri©d man with three children. The petitioner had no suspicion of the want of fidelity on the part of his wife until the month of July last, when she expressed a desire to visit her friends at Brighton during the painting and repairing of their house, to which the petitioner assent/el, and arrangements were accordingly made for the journey. To his amazement ha was afterwards in formed that his wife had been joined by his nephew at the place where they occupied the same apartments in the house of Mr. Lorimer° front the 28th of Juno to the 29th of July. On the respondent's returning home the pe titioner, having been informed of her infidelity, refused to received her back when she wrote a very penitent letter acknowledging her fault, and praying and imploring for giveness. The petitioner refused, and instituted the present proceedings to dissolve the marriage of which there was no issue. At the conclusion of the evidence, The learned Judge said the adultery had keen clearly proved, and the only question for the jury was the amount of damages. Th© jury, after a short consultation, asseeFed the damages at £l5O. Decree for dissolution, with costs, against the co respondent. WESTMINSTER. ONCE TOO OFTEN.—DEPRAUDING SHOPKEEPERS.— Mary Magner, a respectablo•looking young woman, was placed at the bar, before Mr. Selfo, under the following cir cumstances. Mr. Frederick Robinson, of 27, Hendon-street, Pimlico, cheesemonger, said that last evening the prisoner came to his shop at about seven o'clock, and having asked for a quarter of a pound of butter, tendered halt a crown in pay ment to the shopwoman, who immediately asked him whether it was good. He then confirmed her suspicion that it was spurious. Tho shopwoman having told him that she believed prisoner gave her a bad shilling on Thurs day night, prosecutor told the accused that he thought it his duty to lock her up, but at the same time ho should bo sorry to do so if he found she was a respectable person. Sho declared that she was, and gave her address 6, War wick-street, and he then accompanied her to see whether it vas correct, but she turned the wrong way on arriving near the spot, and then said that her address was 6, Regent street, and when ho said ho would go there she refused her address, and ho then gave her into custody, for which ho had very good reasons. ' • Mr. gelie—What were they—anything more than you have stated Prosecutor—This is the fourth time this week that I have had bad money brought to my shop; three times it was taken, and was not discovered. I told my shop woman to look out, as I was suro that tho person who had been successful in passing them would come again. Mr. Selfe—Havo you no detector in your shop to try money with P Prosecutor—Yes, but the young woman, imposed upon by the appearance of the coin, did not use it; she was not up to it. Mr. Selfe—l hope she will be more careful ; this will make her sharper. Where do you live, prisoner ? Prisoner—l have no settled place where I live. Mr. Selle—Then where is the unsettled place 1" Prisoner—Nowhere. Police-constable—l know her well as the daily companion of utterers of bad money. Roche (the gaoler)—She was charged hero a short (Iwo ago. Sho was remanded till Monday. THAMES. A PERTINACIOUS PAUPER.—DonaId Thompson, who says he is sixty years of ago, but does not look so old, and appeared to be in good health and vigour, was brought before Mr. Partridge charged with refusing to do the work assigned to him in the City of London Union House, Bow road. This was Thompson's sixtieth or seventieth appearance at this court, and ho is certainly the most troublesome pauper that ever lived. He has tormented and plagued the Poor-law Board, the guardians of the City Union, other boards, churchwardens, overseers. and more particularly the magistrates of this court, for the last fifteen years. A new complaint has been launched every time he has ap peared in the Thames Police Court. lie has tired out the Lord Mayor and all the aldermen of the City, but ho pro mises to be a periodical nuisance to the magistrates of this court for many years. Mr. Edwin Holland, labour-master in the Union House, said the prisoner was last sentenced by Mr. P a g et to one month's imprisonment in Hclloway House of Correction, and came out on Tuesday morning !set. The pr i soner found his way back to the workhouse on the same evening. He was requested to pick oakum on Wednesday. morning, and refused—no quantity was assigned. The prisoner had done no work for three days. The prisoner said he should like the magistrate to read his correspondence with the Poor Law Board guardians, and others. Mr. Partridge said he should not like to do it. (A laugh.) The prisoner said he wa s not well, and he must severely condemn the publio P ress for stating that he h a d a new disease every time he came to that court. He had only one disease. (" Laziness, injan audible whisper from a person at the back of the court). Sil ence was requested, and the prisoner said he was really ill. Mr. Partridge asked the p r i soner if he would see the me di c al officer, to which Thompson replied, no, 1 have no f a ith in him, and asked the ma g i s t ra t e to read the opinion o f a superior authority ; he me an t a ph ys i c i an. Mr. Partridge decline to peruse the document. Thompson then demandad an interview with the guar dians who would attend the union-house on Monday nest. He wanted to state his grievances. Mr. Holland :aid when the prisoner was last before the committee ho said ho had no compl a int t o wake 'Thompson eeitl ho did not object to the work—ho only ollscted to tbe place, the refractory ward, into which ho was •, There has been no material alteration in the Liverpool Steeplechase betting to-day, except the advance of Martha, about which they take 20 to 1 rather freely. Amy has receded a few points since yesterday, but Bantam is very firm at sto 1. There has been very little doing on the Liverpool Sieing Cup. Costa is the favourite at 6 to 1, anti the Monk and Argonaut about S to 1 each. The follow ing are tho latest quotations:— LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE, sto 1 apt Bantam (off red) 6to 1 apst Emblematic (offered) 10 to 1 agst Jerusalem (taken) 10 to 1 agst W'ee Noll (offered) I'2 to 1 aget Portland (offered) 100 to 6 agst Real Jam (taken) 100 to G agst Ocean Witch (offered to take 20 to 1) 25 to 1 agst Romeo (taken and offered) 25 to 1 agst Amy (offered) 100 to 6 aget Martha (taken) 2 2 5 5 t t o o o ar t BelWorcestert,s Life 21 (off e red)(ak n) to 1 agst Sinking Fund (offered —take 30 t o 1) t e 33 to 1 agst Harry (offered) 50 to 1 agst Leonidas (taken) 50 to 1 agst Chester (taken and offered) 60 to 1 agst Jealousy (taken) 50 to 1 eget Emblem (offered) 50 to 1 agst Reporter (taken) 60 to 1 agst Thomastown (offered) 100 to 1 agst Wife (taken) LIVERPOOL SPRING CUP: 6to 1 agst Costa (taken) Bto 1 agst Argonaut (offered) to 1 agst The Monk (offend) Bto 1 agst Warminster (taken) to 1 ngst St. Lawrence 10 to 1 agst Truant put. Ile was a pauper, but he was a real British subject, and wanted that justice to which every free born 13riton was entitled. Mr. Partridge—You shall have justice, You are a most incorrigible and disorderly fellow, and I sentence you to 21 days imprisonment and hard labour. This conviction shall be recorded, and next time you are brought here, and a case is made out, you will be convicted for 42 days. The prisoner—Thank you worship, I am glad I amgoing back to Holloway; rood day, your worship, I wish you a good day, sir. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. CITY BETTING.-IHIS DAY. LONDON GAZETTE.—Last Evening. LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S OFFICE, FEB. 9. Notice is hereby given, that his Royal highness the Prince of Wales will, by command of the Queen, hold a Levee at St. James's Palace, on behalf of her Majesty, on Saturday, the 12th of March mat, at two o'clock. It is the Queen's pleasure that presentations to his Royal highness at the Levee shall be considered as equi valent to presentations to her Majesty. LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S OFFICE, FEE. 27. Notice is hereby given, that her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales will, by command of the Queen, hold a Drawing Room at St. James's Palace, on behalf of her Ma jesty, on Saturday, the 19th of March next, at two o'clock. It is the Queen's pleasure that presentations to her Royal highness at this Drawing Room shall be considered As equivalent to presentations to her Majesty. The Gazette contains a large number of promotions in her Majesty's Indian army. Course of the Exchange.---Yesterday. Amsterdam Ditto Rotterdam .. 12 0 12 01 Antwerp .. 25 62} 25 67± Brussels — 25 62 2f 671 Ilamburgh — 13 7t 13 8t I'aris Ditto Marseilles Frankfurt on Maine .— 119 a 119 k Vienna Trieste .. 12 30 12 40 Petersburgh Berlin — Madrid Cadiz Leghorn M ilan 48 4Sa 47a 48 25 SO f.,55 85 25 80 25 85 Genoa . Naples Palermo Messina Lisbon 2.5 80 25 85 25 82i 25 87i 2.5 82} 25 87f 25 82f 25 87i 52} 521 Jporto...• Foreign Gold in Bare (Standard), per 0r.... £3 17 Mexican Dollars Silver in Bars (Standard) SHIPPING—This Day. LONDON, March s.—Wind this day at noon—North. Easterly; moderate breeze, and cloudy weather, µ•itli rain. I'ALIiOtiTII,ISI arch s.—WindN,E.—Arrrived—lmpulse, from Moulmein for Sunderland—Ross D. Mangles, screw steamer, from Liverpool for Bilboa. Callum", March 4.—Wind N.E.—Arrived—John, from Bilboa, Sailed—Bolton, for St. Thomas—Charles Grimm:s, for St. Jago do Cuba. MIIIELDS, March 4.—Wind E.—Sailed—Coeur de Lion, for Shanghai. PENZANCE, March s.—Wind N.E.—Arrived—Arms• conda, from Rio Janeiro. QUEENSTOWN, Milreli O.—Arrived—Mani° Scott, from Pernambuco. (11T MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND Saturday Morning. Arrived, March 4—Proserpine, Elizabeth and Cicely, Dublin Lass, and Crescent, from Guernsey; Cyclops, front Tuticorn ; Old England: and Adelaide, from Madras; Ha nlon, from Mauritius ; Susan Howland, front L./Lieu:to. Arrived, March 6—John Mubterwan, from Penang ; Fahrenheit. from Demerara; Z UlllO, from Guornsey ; Salt marsh, from Morlaix. DEAL, Saturday Morning. Passed—Fortunato, schooner, front Lisbon ; Omar Pasha, from Melbourne (in tow) ; Glendevoy, from Calcutta (in tow)—all fur London; H.M.S. Landral, from Bermuda, for River. Anchored—Martha, for Marseilles ; Stork, for Madeira; Charl, for Syr.; Fanny Fern, for Santa Cruz—all from London. Foreign Mail Packet List. MAILS DUE. Australia and Mauritius, via Southampton Mar. 20. via Marseilles . Mar. 14. &sill and Cape Verde, by British packet. Mar. 6. Cape of Good Hope Ascension, and St. Helena. • Mar, 30. (Mina, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton. Mar. 20. via Marseilles Mar. 14. Falkland Islands Gibraltar, via Southampton Mar. 13. India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton Mar. 20. via Marseilles Mar. 14. India (Bombay), via Southampton Mar. 13. via Marseilles Mar. 7. Portugal . Mar. G. Malta, Egypt, and Men, via Southampton Mar. 13, via Marseilles Mar. 7. Newfoundland .,Mar. 16. Oporto and Vigo U. S. and British N. America, by Brit. packet.... Mar. 10, by U.S. packet.... by Canadian packet. Mar. 4. W.C. of Africa, Madeira, and Tenon& Mar. ]O. Bahamas, via New York Mexico AU parts of West Indies, including Chili, Peru, J Mar. 30. California. and British Columbia.. AUDACIOUS ROBBERY AND MURDER AT ROME.--• A letter from Rome gives an amount of an audacious crimp committed in one of the most frequented thorough.. fares of the city. M. Baldini, a money changer, who has a shop on the Corso, tut resides at a distance, has long been ix the habit of removing hie specie to his dwelling-house after business hours in a hackney coach. Oa the evening of t h o crime, when two clerks were convoying the money, the carriage was suddenly stopped in the Via Lucina by three men, one of whom held the horse while the two others poniarded the clerks, seized the money, amounting to 10,000 scudi (63,000 fr.), and got clear off. Ono of the clerks was killed on the spot, and the other died the next morning. The coaohm an, w hose complicity app ears p ro b a bl e , has been arrested , but the ro bbers have not y e t b een dis covered,Assoon as General do M onte b ello was informed crime, ho instructed the commander of the French gendarmerie toimrpernedsßeiroteiviesrythaastsisttat: to p ce e r t p o e t t h r a e Romanra gto bel belong police. emmgeneeraband that recently nolo 30,000 ocudi from the the Th Boman E R ai lway Company. MADDENING OLD PROBLEM ALL OVER AGAIN.--A Templar draws attention to the legal 16, a p question raised i n connexion w i th M r. Bolton Cornoy ' s correspondent e o s l d o , n o d r e nt of s t ago. ated query as to the d a t e o f Sh a k spere ' s bi rth, as to when a person is a y 's f o urtr o s.s : for January the ln l legal A l ru le —" Strictly speaking,a year of a person's age is completed, not on his birthday, but on the last instant of the day !Afore his birthday." A Templar disputes the legal accuracy of this rule. For " last" ho would read "first;" referring, as his authority, to Anon. Salkeld, 44 :—" It has been ad judged that if one he born the Ist of February, at eleven at night, and the last day of January in the 21st year of his age, at ono of the clock in the morning, ho makes hie will of lands and dies, 'tis a goo.] will, for ho was then of age; Per Holt, C,J. Ile also refers to Anon. 1 Ld. Rsymen 480; Fitzhugh v. Bennington, 2 Ld. Raymond, 109i o . i f , this be good law, it strengthen. the case of those th t w h ,on the evidence of the monumental inscription, a 6hakspere was born on the 23d of April, 1564.L 0n d 0n The ANGLO-CHINESE FLEET. - 1 he Guzette of yesterday contains au Order in Council revoking the order made on the :30th of August, 1862, per mitting Horatio Nelson Lay and Captain Sherard Oeburne, R.N., to enter into the service of the Emperor of China, and to engage and enlist British subjects in the saute ser vice, &c.; and also revoking the order made on the 9th of January, 1563, permitting all military officers in her Ma jesty's service to enter the service of the Emperor of China. The revocation is to take effect, so far as relates to acts to be done in Great Britain or Ireland, as from the Ist of March, 1864, and so far as rotates to acts to be done is China or elsewhere than in the United Kingdom as from the expiration of tilted cAdvilder tuotathe biter that tit*, 12.10 Share 100 sk stock strok gook stook stook stook stook stock 20 stock *toes st ock stook 100 all all all all 100 100 100 16.1&4 22 24 101} 1 f 6i 89i 101 } 104¢ 49 40 26 7 108 j 4 9 1 1